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' H. MAXIM AND G. F. PERHAM.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1?. 191a.

1,320,46, Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

INVENTOR ward v ATTORN EY HOWARD F. MAXIM AND GEORGE F. PERI-1AM, 0FLOCKE MILLS, MAINE.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Application filed September 17, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HOWAR F. MAXIM and GEORGE F. PERHAM, both citizensof the United States, residing at Locke Mills, in the county of Oxfordand State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Imrovements inGarment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

The invention has relation to suspenders and garment supporting means ofanalogous nature wherein engaging devices such as hooks, pins, and thelike are employed 'to gethcr with straps, tapes, and like connectingmeans, the purpose being the provision of an engaging device forcooperation with an eye, said engaging device having an enlargedlaterally yieldable portion which is compressed when passed through theeye and which automatically expands after passing through the eye toprevent casual displacement or unfastening of the attaching device. 1

The primary purpose of the invention is the provision of a hook ofspecial formation embodying a bill having an expanded portion which islaterally yieldable, said hook being designed for cooperation with apart having one or more eyelets for the reception of the bill portion ofthe hook.

Specifically considered, the invention relates more particularly tosuspenders or garment supporting means and to the attaching deviceswhereby the supporting means may be readily engaged with and quicklydisengaged from the part to be connected.

The drawing illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention,however, it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meetdifferent conditions, various changes in the form, proportion, and minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from thenature of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a detail view in an elevation of a suspender end and waistband of a garment showing one application of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a detail view of the hook in elevation showing the linkassociated therewith, such link being in cross section.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 showing the partson a larger scale. Fig. f is a front view of a modification.

Fig. 5 is a sectional detail on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4 showing the partson a larger scale.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

Serial No. 254,441.

Fig. 6 is a further modification.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in the several views of the drawings by likereference characters.

The fragmentary portion of a pair of suspenders llustrated in Fig. 1comprises a shoulder strap 1, a suspender end 2, and intermediateconnecting means, such as a link 3 and cast-off 4. These parts are ofwell known construction and are illustrated sin1 ply to demonstrate theapplication of the invention.

The numeral 5 designates a waist band or like part of a garment the samebeing provided with tabs 6 which are stitched thereto at their lowerends. Each of the tabs 6 is provided with a plurality of eyelets '7which may be of usual formation and applied to the tab in any well knownmanner. In Fig. 4, the eyelets 7 are applied directly to the waist band5 or like part, said waist band having a single eyelet for each of thehooks attached to the suspender end. In Fig. 6, the waist band 5 or likepart is provided in its length with a plurality of eyelets 7, wherebyprovision is had for engaging the hooks of a suspender end at varyingpoints in the length of the waist band or like part; It will thus beunderstood that the suspenders or like supporting means may be at tacheddirectly to the waist band or to tabs or like means applied to the waistband.

The essential feature of the invention resides in the hook, irrespectiveof its manner of application, said hook being shown most clearly in theenlarged views-Figs. 2, 3, and 5, the same comprising the usual partssuch as the shank, bight, and bill. In the present instance, the shankof the hook consists of an elongated open frame comprising spacedmembers 8 which have their upper ends inturned, as indicated at 9 so asto engage a link 10 of any well known construction. The lower ends ofthe members 8 are brought together to form the bight 11 of the hook. Theshank of the hook is flat and by having the same constructed in themanner illustrated, it presents a substantially broad surface to holdthe hook in a given position. The bill 12 of the hook comprises spacedele ments which are symmetrically curved in opposite directions, asindicated at 13, to form a widened or laterally expanded part whichconstitutes a guard to prevent casual disengagement of the hook from aneyelet when in engagement therewith. The Wid and bill of the hook isheld in a manner to prevent displacement and so as to keep the part 5 or6 flat and prevent its wrinkling or forming into a welt.

The members 8 of the shank may extend parallel as indicated most clearlyin Fig. 2,

' or they may be upwardly divergent as illustrated in I ig. 6, thepurpose being to provide a part of sufficient extent for engage mentwith the link 10 or suspender end 2. In Fig.4 the links 10 are shownconnected directly with the hooks, whereas in Fig. 6,

' the suspenderend 2 has direct connection with the hooks. In theformation of the hook, the same is constructed of a single lengthofspring wire of suitable gage, such Wire being doubled upon itself at acentral point and bent into the form substantially as illustrated. Itwill thus be understood that the hook is light, strong, and durable andpossesses a certaln amountof reslhency to compensate for straln.

It will be understood from the foregoing,

comprehended.

that we claim is: 1 V In garment supporting means, a hookembodying ashank comprising-spaced elements having their terminal portions inturnedand coming together to be engaged within a link or like part,- andhaving its bill comprising spaced elements which at a point in theirlength are oppositely and symmetrically eurvedto form a laterallyyieldable widened portion constituting a guard.

In testimony-whereof we aflix our signa-.

tures in presence'of two witnesses.

HOWARD F. MAXIM. GEORGE F. PERI-1AM.

Witnesses:

GEO. A. TERRELL, -J. C. LITTLEFIELD.

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